[Dxbase] Rotor Direction for VE3 in W4 Land Problem

[Joseph Glockner]

Peter and Eric,

Just for a test-run, I plugged-in the coordinates of roughly
the middle of W4-land (as a group) .. and then called for the
direction, etc  ... this is do-able -- but, I am not too sure
how good that would be - depending upon where you are calling
from - in relation to Florida... Florida comes out 107.7 degs
from N. Texas .. whereas, the middle of W4 land itself as
a group of states - comes out to be 81.6 degs from N. Texas...


I guess it would be up to the user, which method would be the
best to call for ....

73 Joe wa6axe


Peter Dougherty (W2IRT) wrote:

> At 16:48 03/16/06, Eric - VE3GSI wrote:
> 
>> I don't think this is a finger problem at my end, but just to be sure 
>> here
>> is the problem.
>>
>> If I enter W4ABC in the entry window and tab, click the rotor it gets 
>> turned
>> to 193 degrees, which is about where I would expect it to go from my QTH.
>> Today during a sked with VE3ABC/W4 the rotor goes to 255 degrees. For the
>> heck of it I tried W4/VE3ABC, same thing 255 deg.
>>
>> Did Florida move or is there a potential problem here? If not why does 
>> DXB
>> map a /W4 as USA and W4 as Florida?
> 
> 
> Looks as if a specific call is mapped correctly, but a mobile or 
> portable call is mapped to the center of the country. If I plug in W4ABC 
> is gives me 210 degrees (to St. Petersburg FL, where W4ABC actually 
> lives). Anything else points to 268.5 degrees, or essentially 
> dead-center of the country from here in NNJ.
> 
> What would make more sense, though, would be to point into the middle of 
> the geographic area that is #4 if you put in /W4 (or a US call /4 
> without the W). After all, in your example, VE3ABC/W4 could be in St 
> Pete, Atlanta (considerably further west) or on the Atlantic coast of VA 
> (about 160 degrees from you).
> 
> 
> 
> 
> - Peter
> 
> W2IRT
> 
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